Charles Reith
Charles Edward Williams Reith (27 November 1886 - 7 February 1957) was a Scottish police historian, best known for distilling the thought of Robert Peel into nine principles in his 1948 book A short history of the British police.[1] He worked in Sri Lanka as a tea- and rubber- planter, where he joined the Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps and on its disbandment rose to Captain in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers.[2]
Works
[edit]- An Ensign of the 19th Foot. A novel, etc, 1925[3]
- The Police Idea, 1938[3]
- Police Principles and the Problem of War, 1940[3]
- British Police and the Democratic Ideal, 1943[3]
- A short history of the British police, 1948[3]
- Comparative systems of law-enforcement, 1948[3]
- The Blind Eye of History. A study of the origins of the present police era, 1952[3]
- A New Study of Police History, 1956[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hjellemo, O., 'A tribute to an unusual historian of police: Charles Edward Williams Reith (1886-1957)', Police College Magazine, 1977,14, p. 5-8.
- ↑ "Lives of the First World War - Charles Edward Williams Reith". Imperial War Museum.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Works by Charles Reith in the British Library
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